text:
By Steve Harmic, Penn State DuBois
DUBOIS – Murals, drawn and painted by hand, now line a hallway near the Language Lab in Penn State DuBois' Swift Building. They feature flags from various countries, instantly recognizable landmarks, famous historical figures and more. Created by students in the Spanish 083S course as a class project, the six new murals showcase the diverse foundations of culture in the U.S.
"Instead of focusing only on the Hispanic culture, I allowed the students to use diversity in its entirety. The theme, which they were to portray was, 'Diversity United, Building America's Future Today,'" explained Associate Professor of Spanish Deborah Gill.
"Each small group decided on what that meant to the group and how they were going to portray it."
Spanish 083S is a course that focuses not just on language, but also exposes students to Hispanic culture and other cultures from around the globe. The understanding of the culture helps students to better appreciate the language they're studying and offers a well-rounded educational experience. Gill thought the murals would afford students a unique vehicle for expressing what they've learned.
"Creating the murals is interdisciplinary, where students take a cultural aspect of something and portray it through art work. Students learn to take an idea and visually represent and share that with the community through the murals that they create," said Gill.
"In our mural, we decided to have the shape of America split up into different puzzle pieces, with each puzzle piece depicting another country's flag; then we put all of the pieces together, showing that America is made up of many different people and cultures," said freshman Kendall Neal.
"We also had silhouettes of people with a colorful glow around them, showing that it doesn't matter who you are or where you come from, we all share the same hopes and dreams for this country."
Freshman Rachel Stetler of Clearfield explained the learning experience the project provided.
"Our mural shows what we've learned in class about the art of murals, about the diverse Hispanic population in America, and about what parts of America have a large Hispanic population," she said. "From this project, I learned about where different Hispanic groups live in America, the different careers many have chosen, and about the strong increase in the Hispanic population in America."
The increase in the Hispanic population that Stetler speaks of is similar to the increase in populations of people from many different backgrounds, nation-wide. That's why Gill finds lessons like this are such a vital part of a complete education today.
"It is so important in our community today because the community is becoming more diverse and, as our students finish their degrees and move on, it is important that they understand that they live in a diverse world which needs to be nurtured now, and built into the future," Gill said.
"I try to instill the idea of diversity into all of my courses because we do not live in a bubble. Students need to understand that the world is diverse, that we are not all the same and that is an integral part of what makes America great; the diversity in all senses of the word that there is here. If students leave my courses with that idea, then I believe that I have met one of the major objectives of my courses."


text:
Get Started
More Info
Contact Us
Member Login
August 19th: 52,211 Roommates Available
I just had a general comment to make about the service you guys have offerred here. I'm a newcomer, and really appreciate the fact that I can register, log on, and check any new messages in such a simple manner. Nothing bothers me more than complicated paths, and you guys have made this seem like a walk in the park! keep up the fabulous service, great work! :) very satisfied user - Blair
Thank you so much for this fabulous service. I have never needed to find a place with a roommate so this was the best. I had a call in less than 12 hours after I placed my ad. I will be moving in to a perfect place with everything I ever dreamed of having in my own home. My new roommate is absolutely wonderful and we have so very much in common. This time next weekend I will be moving in to my new home. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!! - Margie
More testimonials...
Sorry, the profile that you're trying to access is currently unavailable.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
It so happens that when I join the prayer late, I forget how many rak'ahs had been done when I joined and how many are left for me to make up, and when I am sure that three or more people have come after me and joined the row with me at the same time… My question is: is it permissible to follow their example with regard to the remaining rak'ahs, especially since it is unlikely that a number of people would forget in the same manner?
In the case of doubt as to the number of rak'ahs, one should act on the basis of what is certain, so he should assume the smaller number of rak'ahs. So if he acts according to what is more likely, i.e., what he thinks is most likely to be the case, even by looking at those who are next to him, there is nothing wrong with that, provided that he does sujood al-sahw (prostration of forgetfulness) in either case.


text:
Searching For Sea Stars: Developing Meaningful Questions Based on Data
Lesson 5 of 5
Objective: SWBAT locate, record and interpret information from a scientific database and record that data on a graph after rounding to the nearest ten. They will ask quantitative and qualitative questions related to the data represented on the graph.
Ask students to think silently (at least 25 second wait time) and then explain any or all of the following to a neighbor or written down on paper:
- What is the strategy for rounding to the closest ten?
- What is a database?
- What are the benefits to having 10 meter intervals on the graph?
- What are the disadvantages?
- What does a double bar graph demonstrate (comparison!) that is harder to see when the two data sets are placed on separate graphs?
I split the data about sea stars into four sections so that four different groups could work with four different sets of information. This is optional. The students can all work with one set of data!
So, I give students the 4 different sections of the graph and data sheet. They will round the shallowest and greatest depths to the closest ten and then record this data on their section of the graph. At the end of the activity, the 4 graphs will be attached together with the one we did yesterday as a class.
There is a period in this activity where the children will just be coloring in the squares, but this should not be considered busywork coloring. It is very intentional. It will give them a kinisthetic sense of how much larger numbers in the thousands are than numbers in the hundreds.
Section A:
Data Sheet 1 for "Searching for Sea Stars" - a Place Value Lesson for 3rd Grade
Graph to Accompany Data Sheet 1 (Searching for Sea Stars - A Place Value Lesson)
Section B:
Data Sheet 2 for "Searching for Sea Stars" - a Place Value Lesson for 3rd Grade
Graph to Accompany Data Sheet 2 (Searching for Sea Stars - A Place Value Lesson)
Section C:
Data Sheet 3 for "Searching for Sea Stars" - a Place Value Lesson for 3rd Grade
Graph to Accompany Data Sheet 3 (Searching for Sea Stars - A Place Value Lesson)
Section D:
Data Sheet 4 for "Searching for Sea Stars" - a Place Value Lesson for 3rd Grade
Graph to Accompany Data Sheet 4 (Searching for Sea Stars - A Place Value Lesson)
Resources (9)
Resources (9)
The first question I ask students to reflect on is whether or not rounding to the closest ten was effective. This can lead to a discussion about how hard it is to transfer a visual representation of a large number (coloring squares for every ten up to 5,000) and also a discussion about what information might be lost of we were to redo this as a graph with 100 meter intervals instead of 10 meter intervals. Then I review different question types with the students. When reading text we often talk about literal and inferential questions. I tell them that when reading data, we might talk about specific questions related to the data set as well as more open-ended questions that either relate to the data or are connected to it in some way.
It's exciting to see the types of quantitative questions students come up with, because the ability to ask meaningful and specific questions is at the core of good mathematical and scientific thinking!
How many species of starfish in the world?, How old are starfish? and How did starfish evolve? are just a few of the rich questions my students were able to come up with. Third graders usually struggle with generating meaningful questions so I was delighted with this lesson! With this rich scientific context as a basis, they were also able to ask specific questions such as, "Why do some sea stars have their Greatest & Least Depths unknown and How long do the sea stars at the surface survive?? This amazing student asks a highly detailed question that would make the creators of this database proud! She could go do research! How many starfish live between 1,200 (meters) and 1,500? It also leads into rich questions such as, How did starfish evolve?
Resources (6)
I have students complete the Searching For Sea Stars Questions Day 2 Exit Ticket and have students share their answers to these questions either in writing or verbally. This lesson is a rich starting point for science lessons about evolution and adaptations (different ocean environments).


text:
Here are LND files for every official map. Hopefully they can be used as inspiration or source for new maps. I wrote the converter, so please let me know if any of them have problems.
Edit: Uploaded new version of the LND pack that corrects the edge brushes and adds PNG previews of every map.


text:
|P is for Practical
Comment on
|( #3333=superdoc: print w/replies, xml )
|Need Help??
Ok, so I'm going to do the "pouring cold water on the project" thing. Sorry.
My overall conclusion is that this project is completely unrealistic, in terms of the technical challenge, the expected speed improvements, the timescale, and the availability of suitably qualified labour.
12 years ago, perl was at a crossroads. The experimental B:: suite had been written, and the experience gained from that showed that achieving significant performance gains was near impossible using the existing creaking perl core. After some mug throwing, the perl6 and parrot project was born. The Perl language would be redesigned to be more optimiser-friendly (e.g. optional types), while a new parser could target a proper bytecode, executed by a modern new VM. This new infrastructure would then give us the underlying system that facilitates doing all the sexy new compilerly/execution stuff like SSA, JIT, etc.
There was lots of initial enthusiasm, lots of volunteer manpower, and timescales of a year or two bandied about (IIRC). Even at the time the estimates seemed unrealistic to me, but who was I to say? Now, 12 years later (admittedly after personality clashes and fallings out etc), we still don't have a complete, production-ready system. This isn't meant as criticism of the parrot and perl6 teams, but rather to point out just how hard it is to re-implement something as complex and subtle as the perl syntax and semantics. Remember, just the lexer in perl5 is 12,000 lines of C code.
So I think we're about to repeat the same perl6 exercise (with admittedly more modest goals), with the same under-appreciation of its difficulty.
So, that was a general overview. Now onto more specifics. First, LLVM. I like LLVM, I think it's a cool system. If I was going to write perl from scratch now, I would very seriously consider using its IR as the target of the compiler. The issue here though, is how easy it would be to retro-actively make perl use LLVM in some way or another. I think you get a sliding scale, with the achievable bits giving small gains, and large gains only (possibly) possible by huge changes to the existing perl core: basically rewriting large parts of it (i.e. a project of parrot/perl6 scale).
There seem to be three ways suggested of using LLVM. First, there's the trivial sense of using it as a better C compiler. Anecdotal evidence indicates that it might give you 5-10% speedup. But that's not really what we're discussing here.
Secondly, there's Yuval's suggestion, which in its most basic (and thus 'doable' form) is to basically change the API of the pp_* functions to allow the runops loop to to be unrolled, and avoid the overhead of perl stack manipulation. It may also then allow LLVM to better optimise the resulting call tree, e.g. hefting stuff up to a higher level.
Looking at the purely loop unrolling / stack side of things, I did a rough calculation to see what improvement could be expected. I ran the following perl code: $z = $x + $y * 3; ($x and $y contain ints) in a loop under cachegrind, and used the results to estimate approximately what proportion of the execution is spent on loop/stack overhead. The answer was approx 20%. Note that the example above was chosen specifically to use simple perl ops where the overhead is most likely to dominate. Perl has a lot of heavyweight ops like pp_match(), where the relative overhead is going to be much smaller. Also, the LLVM verison will have an overhead of its own for setting up args and the current op, just hopefully less than the current overhead. So that means that overall, the loop/stack stuff is going to give us something less than 20% speedup (and probably a lot less in practice, unless all your perl code does is lots of lightweight stuff like additions). Set against this there might be improvements from LLVM being able to compile the resulting code better, but my speculation is that it won't be significant.
Yuval then listed some more speculative improvements that could then be built upon that basic stuff, but I still think the performance gains will be relatively modest. The advantage of the Yuval approach is that it should be achievable by relatively little effort and by relatively modest changes to the existing perl source.
The third thing to do with LLVM, (which is what I think BrowserUK is advocating, but I may be wrong), is the wholesale replacement of perl's current runtime, making perl's parser convert the op tree to LLVM IR "bytecode", and thus making a perl a first-class Perl-to-LLVM compiler, in the same way that clang is a first-class C-to-LLVM compiler. This would be a massive undertaking, involving understanding all the subtleties and intricacies of 25,000 lines of pp_* functions, and writing code that will emit equivalent IR - even assuming that you kept the rest of perl the same (i.e. still used SVs, HVs, the context stack, pads etc).
If you were to go the full hog and replace the latter with something "better", you're then into full perl6/parrot territory. You're at the point of rewriting most of perl from scratch: the point that I said earlier I might have started from if had to do over perl again from scratch. But I think that unless you wholesale throw away SVs, pads, etc, you're not going to see game-shifting performance gains. So I think this option can be summed up as "yes,I would have been nice if perl had originally been written to target LLVM, but wasn't, and the cost of retro-fitting is prohibitive".
Now we get onto "writing a perl compiler that targets something like javascript, which will be fast, because lots of money is being spent making javascript fast".
I see two main issues with this. Firstly, no one is ever going to write a perl parser that can fully parse perl and handle all it's subtleties. The best you can do is to parse the easy 90% and ignore the edge cases. But "Ah", I hear you think, "90% is good enough for most people. My code doesn't use ties or overloading". The problem is that within the 10% not covered, there will be 1% that your code does in fact use. "Your code uses /(?{})/? That's a shame.". If you're lucky, you'll get a compile-time error telling that feature X is unsupported. If you're unlucky (and you will be unlucky) your code will silently do the wrong thing due to some subtlety of auto-vivification, localization or stash manipulation or whatever.
Secondly, any impedance mismatch between perl and javascript is going to give you agonisingly slow performance. For example, if the full semantics or perl hashes can be provided by javascript dictionaries or objects say, then you can directly translate $foo{bar} into foo.bar or whatever. If however, the javascript facilities aren't suitable, then you might end up having to implement a Perl-style hash using javascript code, which is going to be slow. Also what tends to happen in these sorts of conversions is that the early proof-of-concept work (which uses a javascript dict say) works well and is really, really fast. Then you reach the point where you've done 50% of the work and its going really well, Then you get round to implementing the 'each' op, and suddenly realise that it can't be done using a javascript dict. So you switch to the slow route. NB: the hash is just a hypothetical example, which may or may not be a problem in javascript. The real point is that there are lots and lots of things in perl which have odd semantics, that can be superficially implemented in the "fast" way, but which may have to switch to a slow approach once a wider subset of its semantics are implemented.
That's the end of my rants about specific suggestions. I'll just add a few final general comments.
No matter what fancy tools or rewrites you use, you're always going to have some theoretical constraints on performance due to the nature of the perl language. For example, method dispatch in perl is always going to be cumbersome and un-optimisible, due to the way dispatch is based on point-in-time lookup in a stash. Yes, you can do clever tricks like caching, but perl already does this. There may be further tricks no-one's got round to thinking of yet (or at least not implementing yet), but such tricks are likely to be as applicable to the current perl code as to any LLVM or javascript variant. This really boils down to the fact that to see really significant performance changes, you have to change the perl language itself. Add a new type system, object system, or whatever.
The general experience so far of doing "clever stuff" in other languages like Python, often with considerable funding and resources, has been a catalogue or either failure, abandoned projects, or disappointing speedups. It doesn't necessarily follow from it that no-one should ever attempt such a thing again, but it does indicate that doing this sort of thing (and getting it right) is really hard. And the general impression I get from reading up about what "clever stuff" people have already been trying with perl (e.g. Yuval and LLVM), is that major performance improvements weren't the main consideration for the project.
Note that this is the last contribution I intend to make on this topic for the moment; I've already spent waaaay too much time reading up and discussing it.
PS: For anyone familiar with the "Big Talk" sketch in the UK comedy series "That Mitchell and Webb Look", I feel that this whole discussion has been rather similar to its "Come on, boffins!" ethos.
In reply to Re: Perl 5 Optimizing Compiler, Part 5: A Vague Outline Emerges
by dave_the_m


text:
Please select your country of residence to view relevant information, fares and special offers.
Change or cancel your trip at no cost within 24 hours of booking.
Welcome to the world of rewards, delights and privileges.
Rent a car within India or at your favourite destination across the globe.
Take your pick from over 2,30,000 hotels across the globe.


text:
1743 French Map of Northwest Africa, depicting the areas covered in this curriculum unit.
Credit: Courtesy of American Memory at the Library of Congress.
Salt comes from the north, gold from the south, and silver from the country of the white men, but the word of God and the treasures of wisdom are only to be found in Timbuktu.
—An old West African proverb
For many people, Timbuktu is a metaphor for the mysterious, the remote, or the unobtainable. But the Malian city of Timbuktu was, in fact, once a thriving center of commerce and intellectual activity. Situated along the Niger River on the edge of the Sahara Desert, it was a crossroads of trade routes stretching as far away as Cairo. At its peak in the 16th century, its universities drew scholars from many great cities of the Islamic world. Today, Timbuktu is but a shadow of its former glory, its ancient mosques and precious manuscripts threatened by desert sands and other factors, environmental and manmade. Fortunately, steps are being taken to preserve the city's fabulous past.
You are on assignment from the popular travel adventure show, Globe Trekker, to scout out a place for a future episode. Your orders are to go "all the way to Timbuktu" to find out why anyone would want to go there and to discover the mysteries, intrigue, and realities of life in this remote part of the world.
Making use of special investigative equipment, several ingenious disguises, and the ability to travel backwards in time, you will learn about the geography, history, and unique features of Timbuktu and the surrounding area. Your ultimate task is to make a detailed and convincing presentation to the executive producers of Globe Trekker, explaining why Timbuktu is the perfect place for the next televised adventure.
Here are some questions you'll need to consider for your report:
As you prepare for your trip, you might want to visit the following websites for some general information about the history of Timbuktu:
You're about to set off for the wilds of West Africa! Better start thinking about what to put in your backpack. Make sure you've got some maps and your camera—and, of course, your notebook. And better bring a compass and some binoculars, too.
Here's a list of topics you'll need to cover in your presentation:
Lesson 1: The Geography of Mali
Lesson 2: Trade in Ancient West Africa
Lesson 3: Timbuktu - A Center of Trade
Lesson 4: Mansa Musa Takes a Trip
Lesson 5: Timbuktu's Golden Age of Scholarship
Lesson 6: The Search for Timbuktu
Lesson 7: Restoring the Past
Lesson 8: Review and Assessment of the curriculum unit on Timbuktu


text:
"[The Mayor] cycles everywhere he possibly can, and if he cannot he happily uses public transport or very occasionally a taxi."
"when public transport is unavailable or impractical"
"[The Mayor] cycles everywhere he possibly can, and if he cannot he happily uses public transport or very occasionally a taxi."
"when public transport is unavailable or impractical"
Taxi for Johnson!
Is he in competition with Brian Coleman or something?
Oh he's still got a long way to catch up with His Worshipful Mayor Brian.
No sign of Brian at today's BMAC committee on expenses by the way. He must have had some more important business to attend to.
I hope HM Revenue & Customs (Inland Revenue as was) are paying attention. Assuming that City Hall is his normal workplace, then any travel from his home to his workplace is not tax deductable and therefore must be declared as a benefit in kind upon which he will be taxed.
Come to that, on what basis is travel from (or to) his home a legitimate cost to be passed on the tax payer? There are scenarios (late working, etc.) that would be valid, but I'd like to see the justification in these particular cases...
And more than £5 a day to have newspaper(s?) delivered to his house?
Given his lucrative media work, I fail to see how the full cost of having newspapers delivered to his house should be met by the tax payer.
One can argue - rather flimsily - that there is some justification for some of the cost to be met, being that he needs to know what's in the news that affects London, but that is most certainly not "wholly and exclusively" a cost bourne out of being Mayor.
87 taxi expense claims and several "chained" journeys. Does "very occasionally" mean almost twice a week?
Best taxi claim - City Hall to the Tate Modern: a distance of less than a mile and a 20 minute walk according to TfL.
And £270.25 expenses for allowing him to attend the Conservative Conference, and give a political speech?
If Boris acted like the the 150 odd ministers and civil servants who are entitled to Government Car Service cars his travel costs would be about £90K per annum before anything else happened.
See more here: http://philtaylor.org.uk/?p=1940
I know some people really take the Michael with expenses but perhaps the Mayor is entitled to keep a taxi waiting now and then. We know he cycles a lot - we see the pictures all the time.
Just about every London Borough has a ceremonial mayor who works hard, but not perhaps quite as hard as Boris, and gets the limo treatment at a similar cost to al those Government cars. Get real people.
Where exactly does Boris cycle to? Is it just to and from photo shoots? The taxi receipts here would suggest so. I saw Boris at Waterloo station at the ticket barriers and he looked lost. As if it was a foreign land.
This HAS to be seen in the context of his campaigning. This is directly contrary to his campaigning for lower cost travel and cycling. DIRECTLY contrary.
1st class train travel; short (walkable/cyclable) journeys by taxi; long journeys by taxi; accomodation for party politics; £400 on *low cost economy return* to zurich; expensed commutes and even more.
The scary thing is the people that defend his expenses with the same mantra "it was worse under Ken". And that is not even in the absence of evidence, it is with evidence of the opposite!
A rare visit from Councillor Phil Taylor there.
As usual he's got a blog post he wants to punt (and copy and paste from.)
saifu03 - "This HAS to be seen in the context of his campaigning. This is directly contrary to his campaigning for lower cost travel and cycling. DIRECTLY contrary."
Absolutely. Say what you mean and mean what you say. Simple.
Actually, what is it that prevents the claim and approval for his £270.25 expenses for allowing him to attend the Conservative Conference, and give a political speech, being anything other than theft?
Is that not the same issue that is afflicting Ian Clement? Claiming (and having approved) expenses outside the job.
AdamB said...
"A rare visit from Councillor Phil Taylor there.
As usual he's got a blog post he wants to punt (and copy and paste from.)"
Allow me then
Oh dear have you "all but given up" with me? I'm terribly hurt.
As it happens I did deal with Taylor's "substantive point" albeit by quoting somebody else.
It's totally irrelevant what perks Ministers or the Queen herself gets. Boris has promised taxpayer value and signed up to GLA rules. He hasn't kept his promise or stuck to the rules. It's very simple
I can't see how Boris could've spent £389.65 on a "low cost economy return" to Zurich. I've just done a search for Gatwick-Zurich flights on lastminute.com, leaving this week, and all the direct flights come in at under £200 return.
Re: my last comment, check Boris's register of Gifts & Hospitality: "31-JAN-09 Flights and Transfers Davos to London in private plane Roland Rudd, Finsbury PR"
So, he claimed £389.65 for a "low cost economy return" to Zurich for the Davos World Economic Forum and came back in a private plane.
Well spotted Helen.
Helen, that is probably a reasonable amount - I don't think Boris would fake any amounts or anything like that - he is not that stupid. Flight costs can vary dramatically with time and airline and I imagine there was demand for flights then for the very reason Boris went!
I can believe the amount for a return flight, but not for an economy return.
Nope, I still don't buy it. Zurich, like Frankfurt, is a major business centre. Regular expos and other big events are held in both cities but they are equally well-served by several different airlines from London. Even searching for flights around big events in Zurich they still come in at well under £200 for economy returns, even when booked at short notice.
I've travelled fairly regularly in Europe in the past few years and spent a lot of time searching flight websites - Zurich is not an expensive destination to fly to from London.
I'd like to see the travel documents for that return flight.
"Boris Johnson claimed hundreds of pounds to keep taxis waiting outside his home..."
And today we learn from Dave Hill, that Livingstone's taxi bills were in fact higher during his first years in office. My word! And that was back in the good old bad old days when you could feed a bedraggled family of ten with an Irish sixpence. Can't wait to read your update on how BoJo is right on course to drive down the cost of taxi usage over the term of his office.
Oh, and great to see a bit of capitalism creeping in -- I thoroughly approve. I've already clicked a couple of ads for you. London Blinds of Bexleyheath...some of their woodweave panel glide blinds look quite nice actually...
If you actually look at the audit panel reports you see that Livingstone spent less in his entire last term on taxis than Boris has done in his first year.
In one year in his first term he spent more (I admit that I didn't check that far back).
But even if he had spent ten times more than Boris, it's irrelevant. Boris promised to be a cycling value-for-money mayor. His own expenses and the expenses of his senior aides and appointments do not match up to that.
"Can't wait to read your update on how BoJo is right on course to drive down the cost of taxi usage over the term of his office."
What by more than quadrupling it?
By the way, what were you saying about 'cheerleading'?
(I'm just jealous)
AdamB said...
"By the way, what were you saying about 'cheerleading'?
(I'm just jealous)"
Sadly The Weasel went to ground a couple of weeks ago. Sigh. He writes really well, and he tries to be honest. We don't really have a word for it in English, but in France they'd say he's très sympa.
Grow some sideburns and watch his video here.
No need for jealousy. As you well know, I'm one of your most ardent cheerleaders. What's a bit of socialism between friends...
I just checked my ad account and it looks like you earned me 90 whole English pence. Thank you very much. I'll buy an ice lolly.


text:
Posted 7 years ago
(1 item)
My Great Grandfather purchased this piece in the late 30's to early 40's during a vacation he took to the American Southwest. Though I never met my Great Grandfather, my father has told me he was a wealthy man and bought the things he wanted regardless of the price, which leads me to believe he paid quite a bit for this piece. It appears to be hand hammered and has approximately 1.5-2 inches of relief. Its approximate dimensions are 21" x 25". There is some aging present on the surface, but it has held up well over the years. I am hoping someone could give me some insight as to what this item is, who made it and what it might be worth.


text:
LG software update to fix frozen Aussie TVs
Engineers to be sent door to door
LG has admitted its code caused some of its LCD and plasma TVs to freeze during certain digital broadcasts transmitted by Australia's Nine Network. The South Korean giant apologised for any inconvenience caused and pledged to fix the troubled tellies.
As we reported yesterday, LG has been monitoring the problem and promised to announce a solution today. LG didn't reveal what the cause of the trouble is but referred to it as a "software issue" and invited owners of affected TVs to contact the company to arrange a home visit from an LG engineer who will patch the software.
Aussie readers affected by the problem can learn more here. The website lists all models that may require the update.
LG said the upgrade process would commence in "seven to ten days".
The problem is thought to centre on the way the affected TVs render the MHEG (Multimedia and Hypermedia information coding Expert Group) data that underpin digital TV interactivity features. It's a problem that has hit an number of device in the UK, particularly set-top boxes.
For example, owners of Topfield's TF5800 PVR told us of problems they experienced with certain BBC broadcasts, and this reporter has himself experienced similar freezes with his otherwise excellent Humax PVR-9200T, though a subsequent over-the-air software update fixed it.
An OTA update for the TF5800 is due to be broadcast again next week.
Interestingly, some Australian readers have claimed other digital devices have frozen when viewing Nine Network broadcasts.


text: Only in print Monday Dec 31, 2012 at 9:46 AM Jan 3, 2013 at 10:28 AM These features are found only in Thursday's print edition of the Tribune. •Lifestyles: Stand up for health benefits. Page 2• Insight: Resolutions you can keep in 2013. Page 3• Cars we remember: Hemi prototype developed decades ago. Page 11


text:
Legislators need to hear from young people before making decisions that impact students' lives. That's why GSA Network started Queer Youth Advocacy Day (QYAD) and the GSA Advocacy & Youth Leadership Academy (GAYLA) seven years ago. And that's why, on April 30th, 55 students stood on the Capitol Steps in Sacramento to demand that LGBT youth voices be heard.
GAYLA, a three-day training that prepares youth for QYAD, is always an empowering experience. 2012 was no different, as Kayla Evans told the Bay Area Reporter [1]. "I never realized I had the resources to talk to elected representatives to advocate for new laws," said Kayla, a junior at River City High School in West Sacramento. "I realize now that I can."
This year's GAYLA built upon years of queer youth activism, including last year's successful passage of the FAIR Education Act, the Gender Nondiscrimination Act, and Seth's Law. While some students lobbied for AB 2242 and AB 1729, bills that would reduce out-of-school suspension and expulsion, others spoke to state administrators about the need to enforce safe schools laws once they're passed.
"What we have accomplished here in Sacramento has been instrumental in ensuring that schools are safe for all students," Emily Coffin, a senior at Saugus High School, told youth and reporters at the QYAD press conference. "But this is not Vegas, and what happens in Sacramento cannot stay in Sacramento."
"Every year that I come to Queer Youth Advocacy Day I learn so much about policies and laws that I can bring back to my school to improve climates for queer youth in my district," Emily continued. "Every year I eagerly go home and set up meetings with administrators at my school to extend the work that queer youth have been doing in Sacramento for decades now. Every year, I am let down by seeing all of the work that we have done in Sacramento fail to reciprocate where it matters most – in my school."
Press conference MC and Carlsbad High School senior Trio Harris set the tone and stage for Emily when he opened the rally. "It is important that we hold schools accountable for keeping students safe. It should not rest upon the shoulders of the youth to do the jobs that our schools districts are by law required to do."
Senator Mark Leno and Assemblymembers Tom Ammiano, Toni Atkins, Betsy Butler, Roger Dickinson, Rich Gordon, and Ricardo Lara joined Trio, Emily, Kayla, and seven other youth leaders in addressing the crowd. Assemblymembers Ammiano and Dickenson authored the two bills at the center of QYAD, AB 1729 and AB 2242, which would reduce suspensions for minor infractions and encourage alternatives to suspension and expulsion.
Sasha Zaroyan, a sophomore at Monrovia High School, talked about the seven years of bullying he experienced – and how suspending his aggressors only made things worse. "When they returned from their suspension, the situation worsened. They became more aggressive with me. I know this is common because my friends have had similar experiences." AB 1729, Sasha told the crowd, "would provide a safer environment in schools for all students by educating aggressors about the consequences of their actions."
GSA Network hopes that legislators were listening to Sasha and to all of the other brave young people who spent that day visiting lawmakers' offices and talking to them and their staff. And we know that the new bonds and enthusiasm for change built at GAYLA will continue in participants' GSA work.
GAYLA and Queer Youth Advocacy Day were sponsored by Gay-Straight Alliance Network, Equality California Institute [2], The Trevor Project [3], Transgender Law Center [4], and the American Civil Liberties Union of California [5]. GSA Network sincerely thanks the co-sponsoring organizations, youth participants, youth trainers, elected officials, staff, volunteers, college mentors, and generous donors who made this event a success.
[1] http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=67674
[2] http://www.eqca.org
[3] http://www.thetrevorproject.org/
[4] http://transgenderlawcenter.org/cms/
[5] http://www.aclu-sc.org/


text:
Endometriosis (EN-doh-me-tree-OH-sis) is a disease in which endometrial tissue, normally found only in the uterus, is present in other locations in the body.
The endometrium is the lining of the uterus, which is shed during menstruation. When it grows outside the uterus, it can cause patches or cysts (lesions) to form. The most common locations of these lesions are the fallopian tubes, ovaries, bladder, intestines, rectum, and pelvic cavity. In rare cases, lesions may be found in other areas of the body. Endometriosis occurs most often in women ages 25 to 45 who have never been pregnant.
Just like the normal endometrium, the endometrial tissue outside the uterus also is affected by the hormones, and it attempts to shed in the same manner. Since the lesions caused by endometriosis are deep inside the body, they bleed into surrounding tissue. The body defends itself from this bleeding by "sealing off" the endometriosis site. This causes scar tissue or cysts to form.
The severity is often linked to where the lesions are and what organs they are affecting. Endometriosis may cause pain in the entire lower abdominal area or on 1 or both sides of the lower abdomen. It may even move to both thighs. It can occur during sex (intercourse) and be felt in the rectum when bearing down during a bowel movement.
About 30 percent of women who have never been pregnant have endometriosis, and about 5 percent of fertile women have endometriosis. The pregnancy rate among women with known endometriosis is less than the pregnancy rate in the general population.
During a laparoscopy, the doctor makes a small cut (incision) into the abdomen, just below the belly button (navel). A small telescope with a light on the end (laparoscope) is inserted through this small incision. The laparoscope allows the doctor to view the reproductive organs and any endometrial lesions that are present.
A second small incision may be made in the abdomen to remove tissue samples. These samples will be sent to a laboratory to confirm they are endometriosis.
Treatment of endometriosis depends on the location of lesions, severity of symptoms, age of the woman, and desire to preserve her ability to have children. Generally the treatment options include:
Decisions about treatment are made jointly by a woman and her doctor.
Your doctor can best answer your specific questions. He or she can also give you a detailed explanation of treatment options and guide you in your decisions.
Affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences
| Supplemental content provided by Healthwise, Incorporated. To learn more, visit www.healthwise.org
For help in finding a doctor or health service that suits your needs, call the UPMC Referral Service at 412-647-UPMC (8762) or 1-800-533-UPMC (8762). Select option 1.
UPMC is an equal opportunity employer. UPMC policy prohibits discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, sex, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected group status. Further, UPMC will continue to support and promote equal employment opportunity, human dignity, and racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity. This policy applies to admissions, employment, and access to and treatment in UPMC programs and activities. This commitment is made by UPMC in accordance with federal, state, and/or local laws and regulations.
Medical information made available on UPMC.com is not intended to be used as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. You should not rely entirely on this information for your health care needs. Ask your own doctor or health care provider any specific medical questions that you have. Further, UPMC.com is not a tool to be used in the case of an emergency. If an emergency arises, you should seek appropriate emergency medical services.
Pittsburgh, PA, USA | UPMC.com


text:
Purchase estate admission, tours, event tickets, passes, and gift cards
Enjoy an overnight stay on the estate, with easy access to tours, activities, and more.
Navigate incredible off-road obstacles, regardless of your skill level, with the Land Rover® Experience. Your experienced instructor and the tremendously capable family of Land Rover® vehicles make this a day to remember. Advance reservations are required. Call us for details and reservations.
Whether this is your first time off-road or you have advanced experience,courses expose you to elements and terrain to increase your off-road knowledge and ability. Experiences cover the basics of expedition-style driving and are customized to fit your skill and comfort level. Off-road obstacles such as steep ascents, descents, side tilts, log crossings, and rock crawls offer an exciting and memorable off-road adventure. Up to three participants may ride in each vehicle.
One-Hour ExperienceCost: $275 per vehicle Two-Hour ExperienceCost: $425 per vehicle
Book Online
Once you have completed an experience, try your new skills on more difficult terrain. The estate boasts thousands of acres of beautiful hills full of wildlife, wooded trails, and other real-world obstacles to explore. Trails will increase your skill level and introduce more advanced driving techniques. Courses can be customized to cover specific techniques, such as winching, expedition planning, and navigation. Up to three participants may ride in each vehicle.
Two-Hour Trail Cost: $425 per vehicle
A truly customizable experience. Whether it's your first time out or you're looking to hone your off-road skills, the Full-Day Experience provides the most flexible and individualized adventure. Beginon set terrain that covers ditch crossings, log crossings, side tilts, and vehicle controls while gradually moving into more advanced trails such as steep hill climbs, rocky descents, and rugged traverses. Each Full-Day Experience includes a picnic lunch and two Land Rover® Experiencegifts, along with a framed certification of completion that proves your mettle to your friends. Call to reserve. Six-Hour Trail Cost (Maximum Three Drivers): $1,200 per vehicle
Join a professional Land Rover Experience Instructor for one-on-one coaching as you pilot three distinctive Land Rover models: the Defender, Range Rover, and Discovery. Your half-day or full-day experience begins with the iconic Defender—last imported into the U.S. in 1997—and includes a brief history, a walk-around, and the rare opportunity to put this rugged 4x4 through its paces! Enjoy multiple photo opportunities with each vehicle as you navigate the challenging off-road trails that traverse the estate. Both half-day and full-day experiences include Land Rover Experiencegifts. Full-day experience includes picnic lunch. Call to reserve.
Scott is an economist and the Director of State Projects for the Tax Foundation. He is co-author of the annual State Business Tax Climate Index and editor of the 2012 and 2013 editions of the popular handbook, Facts Figures: How Does Your State Compare? He hasco-authored books on North Carolina , Nebraska , and Louisiana tax policywhich laid the groundwork for fundamental tax reforms in each state.Scott and the Center for State Tax Policy were highlighted in State Tax Notes ' "most influential in state tax policy" feature in 2011, 2012, and 2013.
His analysis of tax and spending policy has been featured hundreds of times in media outlets across the country, including the Economist ,the Wall Street Journal , USA Today , the Daily News, the Washington Post , the New York Post ,CNN.com, Yahoo News, the Huffington Post , Kiplinger , Reuters, the Associated Press, CNN, ABC, CBS, Fox News, NPR,the trade publication State Tax Notes, and the peer-reviewed Journal of State Taxation .
Scott has given legislative testimony or presented to officials in 26 statesand before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee. He has also served as an expert witness in court on tax issues. In 2015, he was appointed by the Louisiana legislature to serve on the state's Sales Tax Streamlining Modernization Commission.
Prior to joining the Tax Foundation, Scott held research positions at the Institute for Humane Studies and the Goldwater Institute . He holdsaB.S. in Economics from the University of Mary Washington andan M.A. in Economics from George Mason University.
In 2014, he was briefly featured as a staffer to the First Lady in the second season of House of Cards .Scott lives in Southeast Washington, D.C. with his wife, Molly.
The Tax Foundation is the nation's leading independent tax policy research organization. Since 1937, our principled research, insightful analysis, and engaged experts have informed smarter tax policy at the federal, state, and local levels. We improve lives through tax policy research and education that leads to greater economic growth and opportunity.
The Fortifier mix is a mineral and vitamin booster. It is recommended for horses who may require more vitamins and minerals than is available in the mixes. It s hould beused in a demanding period such as performance,reproduction, recovery, stress period, etc. The Fortifier mix can be used alone or as a dressing on top of either the or the Base Pelleted mixes from our Masters Circle Supplements line , and can be combined with any target specific supplement mix such as the Elite Hoof mix for hoof support for optimal results.Base Pelleted Masters Circle Supplements Elite Hoof
Benefits: • Short term use• Uses for horses in rehabilitation, performance horses and breeding horses• Boosts of mandatory chelated trace elements and vitaminsBenefits:
Directions for use: Use at a rate of 50 g/horse/day. 50 grams daily or 2 cups (25 g/cup).Serving based on average horse weight of 500 kg(1 100 lbs). The 750 grams size is recommended for supplementing one horse daily for fifteendays.Directions for use:
Ingredients: Wheat distillers grains with solubles dehydrated, canola meal, calcium carbonate, sodium bisulfite complex from menadione, choline chloride, manganese proteinate,zinc proteinate, iron proteinate, vitamin E, sodium selenite, salt, mineral oil, copper proteinate, vitamin A, biotin, BHT, vitamin D, EDDI, flavor, riboflavin, vitamin B12, niacin, thiamine mononitrate, calcium d-pantothenate, pyridoxine, hydrochloride, folic acid.Ingredients:
Cautions: Overdoses of selenium are extremely toxic,directions for use must be carefully followed. Do not serve with another feed containing selenium. Do not use as sheep feed.Cautions:
For horses only. Keep out of reach of children and other animals. In case of accidental overdose contact a health professional immediately. This product should not be given to animals intended for human consumption.
NOTE: Please report any adverse side effects to Eastern Townships Acreages, Inc. and consult your veterinarian.Closed Now
You must confirm your email address to continue. Click the button below to send the confirmation email (check your spam folder if you don't see it), then follow the instructions provided. Once you have confirmed your account, please try again.
Weedmaps Verified - Verified menu items let you know that you're getting authentic products from your favorite brands.Weedmaps Verified
We are Wayne Michigans ONLY handicap accessible provisionary center!
Nirvana is a state of mind, we are here to help our patients reach this. We offer a wide variety of choices and donation rates to meet the needs of all of our patients, our goal is to find each patient a medication that truly aids in treating their specific needs and ailments. We are located in Wayne, which is a short convenient distance from most surrounding metro Detroit areas, taking the hassle out of traveling a far distance to get their meds. Stop in and see our wonderful staff; and your new home - Nirvana Wayne. A FREE GIFT FOR EVERY REFERRAL 10% DISCOUNTS FOR SENIORS/DISABLED/VETERAN/MILITARY INCLUDED INTO OUR LOYALTY PROGRAM LOYALTY PROGRAM: AFTER 10 VISITS RECEIVE 5% BACK FROM ALL OF YOUR DONATIONS ATM ON SITE SECURITY ON SITE EASY PARKING (ALL EIGHTHS ARE 4 GRAMS ALL QUARTERS ARE 8 GRAMS)
best dispensary around. Always kind of friendly staff. and the buds not bad either
nike air max 90 navy grey 4YjoNhV05
good staff
good bud bud good people
Best customer service around! I love this place!
The sky walker blew good smooth asf
the best place to shop around. and they play the best music from the 80s. awesome place to go.
Amazing products! Always get what I need!
Great people , great prices. Some of the best bud around town .....
nike free run womens purple
you get a preroll when you get a ounce of 1 strain. You got two halfs if 2 different strains. Hence you not being qualified for the preroll. Also, you said that a strain smelled like lime peel when you got home.....but why didn't you smell it when you were there???
By clapping more or less, you can signal to us which stories really stand out.
I give brands the power of words. I write the stories of strangers on the subway.
We are a multidisciplinary team of world-class designers, technologists, and data scientists who believe great design can solve problems, build brands, and set businesses apart.


text:
When performing predictive maintenance, it's important to use the right tool for the job.
Facilities are steadily crowding more equipment into less space while eliminating planned downtime for maintenance. As these companies try to maximize the revenue per square feet of their facilities, the pressure is on the electrical worker to keep production equipment running without interruption. Now new tools and maintenance strategies relieve you from some of this pressure. These tools help increase uptime and reliability at lower cost by allowing you to predict and prevent failure.
Electrical workers approach predictive maintenance (PdM) in several ways, and the selection of instruments and techniques available for PdM is vast. Although not everyone's tool box will look the same, certain items need to be on everyone's list.
Power monitors.
Early power monitors were forensic tools — they told you what went wrong after the fact, but they didn't help you prevent the problem. A modern power monitor shows how your power looks at different points in your facility at different times. You can watch power events develop and take corrective action before failures occur. Power monitors are now loaded with alarm options, storage capabilities, and communications features, such as paging, e-mailing, and remote control.
A simple interface gives you advanced reporting with the information you need to keep the power on, or correct threats to power quality. For example, your power monitor can pinpoint the cause of a random voltage imbalance. Since a voltage imbalance of only 2% significantly decreases motor life, just one such pinpointing may pay for the power monitor.
Insulation resistance (IR) testers.
Periodic IR testing allows you to trend deterioration in cable insulation and replace cables before they fail. Data centers and other high-uptime facilities switch between redundant systems to allow for such testing without shutting down. If you plot a trend line against time, you can predict when certain cables will fail and schedule replacement well ahead of time — before a process interruption and before a fault.
IR testers also help determine the health of motors. The main limiting factor in the life of a motor is insulation life. Theoretically, you can predict motor failure if you plot insulation against time. In the real world, this holds true only when you conduct the tests frequently, because motors are subject to much higher abuse than cables. If you want high motor availability, consider automatic IR testing. Then you shouldn't have to guess when you should pull a motor for a rewind.
Infrared imaging equipment.
Infrared thermography gives you a picture of heat in your electrical system. Thermography can reveal several problems like bad connections, overcurrent, bad insulation, or poor ventilation — all of which will lead to failure. Now that infrared cameras are a fraction of the price they were a few years ago, it's much easier to own one. However, it may not be cost-effective to buy an infrared camera if it's going to be operated only once or twice a year by an untrained person; you can hire a skilled thermographer who has completed formal classes in thermography and routinely works with those skills in a variety of situations.
Using similar technology, infrared guns can find loose connections, identify open fuses, find overheated breakers, and troubleshoot HVAC systems. An infrared gun gives you a non-contact way to see if your connections are loose, because loose connections will be hot. Open fuses don't carry current, so they won't be warm.
A breaker can overheat for several reasons, and they all require attention. For example, it may have a corroded contact. Unless you can measure the heat, you aren't likely to know a problem exists until a failure occurs. With an infrared gun, you can quickly trace down frozen or overheated contacts. Without it, you'll have to use a more time-consuming methodology.
Digital multimeters (DMMs).
Today's DMMs have a wide range of capabilities. They also have enhanced safety features and communications and an arsenal of accessories. Not only can you use DMMs to test the traditional three (voltage, current, and resistance), you can also use them to measure capacitance, frequency, and temperature.
Go beyond the basics with fast sampling rates, selectable sampling rates, true rms, offset, crest capture, backlist display, autoranging, diode testing, and continuity testing as your needs dictate. Some meters also have low battery indicators and an analog bar graph in the LCD area. Meters that display the waveform while including DMM functions help troubleshoot power quality problems and motor drives, though more specialized meters are a better investment if you have to troubleshoot these kinds of problems on a regular basis. But remember, no single meter will meet all of your needs, so it's good to invest in more than one.
Hand and power tools.
Today's industrial-grade, battery-powered tools have ergonomic grips and long-lasting batteries that can help you to be more efficient on the jobsite. Such advanced tools reduce the need to string and protect miles of portable cords and plug-in stations. Portable cords are still important, though — for example, you might use one to power one of the new generations of portable benders or cable-pulling equipment. Today's models are light and flexible, even in cold weather.
If you're doing custom panel work in the field, the right tools will allow you to do the job with a factory look at a low cost. Punches now exist for all the standard shapes (including square) and sizes that panel devices require. You should also have a labeling device to make the wiring error-free and neat in appearance.
Computerized maintenance management systems (CMMSs).
Tools exist for administering maintenance, too. As CMMSs continue to evolve, they're being incorporated into the information systems architecture of entire companies. As such, the CMMS is now the standard for planning and tracking maintenance activities. With the rise in popularity of wireless connectivity tools, including cell phones and laptops, maintenance electricians can now receive work orders and record project data in the field via personal digital assistants.
Proper preventive maintenance starts with an examination of the way you maintain your facility and the selection of the tools that will help you do it faster, better, and safer. The proper tool for the job may be as simple as a wrench or as complex as a wireless Internet network, but it's up to you to determine what you need to keep your system up and running. Regardless of what your job calls for, advances in maintenance tools have created a wide variety of options to meet almost any need.
Sidebar: Don't Forget Training
Maintenance activities sometimes cause equipment damage and downtime simply because a maintenance worker doesn't have sufficient knowledge and experience for the task. When it comes to maintaining electrical systems, a mistake can be lethal for the maintenance person and catastrophic for the facility. At a minimum, maintenance workers should be familiar with the following:
Vendor manuals for the equipment under maintenance
NEC Chapters 1-5 and 9
NETA Maintenance Testing Specifications for Electrical Power Distribution Equipment and Systems
IEEE Green Book: Grounding and Bonding
IEEE Buff Book: Protection and Coordination
IEEE Yellow Book: Maintenance, Operation, and Safety
Training that covers basic test equipment and safety procedures will establish the foundation for a solid maintenance program.


text:
I resolve to take a Rangergirl tour. I'll start with a visit to Cafe Pergelosi and end with a visit to South Dakota where I will visit Wounded Knee and do my part to bring the White Buffalo Maiden back. And then I'll write up my experiences, sell it and ride on the coattails of Tim Pratt's success.(Judge Tim is, we discover, somewhat susceptible to flattery.) Maggie will receive a free copy of The Strange Adventures of Rangergirl.
Judge Tim wanted to give an honorable mention to Geoffrey, who provided a fine double bind, but I reminded him of one of the Mumpsimus Laws: if we mention something, it loses whatever honor it had in the first place.
Thanks to everybody for participating, and thanks to Tim for dropping by to render some justice on this here frontier.


text:
Welcome back to Android Gaming Weekly, our weekly recap to focus on new releases. We still plan to cover upcoming releases and games we're playing, but this column is dedicated to new games you can install and start playing right now. Check out our top picks and let us know if you have any suggestions for next week in the comments below.
Ravensword: Shadowland
Description: Ravensword brings unprecedented visuals to the role playing and adventure genre. Explore a vast and richly detailed world, gather powerful weapons, collect hundreds of items, increase your skills, and follow a deep storyline to solve the mysteries of the Kingdom of Tyreas.
Order & Chaos Duels
Description: Rediscover the Order & Chaos universe in this free collectible trading cards game (TCG) that lets you battle with evil forces in many adventures or fight against real players for leaderboard supremacy. The ancient demonic spirit Velik and his Corruption have returned to use the world as their twisted, wicked playground once again. Create your great hero, the Cards Dueler, and embody the world's only hope!
Heroes of Destiny
Description: Direct a team of heroes with unique skills through a series of intense battles for fame, glory, and epic loot! A mysterious evil known as the Darkness has invaded the Kingdom of Lerona and beyond, corrupting everything in its wake and unleashing chaos. Assemble your hardy group of heroes — champions to battle the hordes of crazed, blood-thirsty monsters that terrorize the kingdom.
AVP: Evolution
Description: The deadliest creatures in the universe face off for the first time on your phone and tablet. Play as both the Alien and Predator in this official game brought to you by Angry Mob Games. As an Alien, you must ultimately destroy the Super Predators and free your species from enslavement. As a Jungle Hunter Predator, you must eliminate the Alien Queen in order to prevent the Super Predators from annihilating your clan.
Mini Golf MatchUp
Description: Challenge your friends to the #1 mobile mini golf game, featuring fun courses, 3D graphics, score-boosting collectible gems, crazy slopes, turns, jumps and ramps, par-saving do overs, an unbeatable putting mechanic, and instant rematches. Available FREE on both Android and iOS!
Wilton's Mystery
Description: A fantastical app to help you discover Wilton's Music Hall in the East End of London – the last surviving Grand Music Hall in the world. Crack codes, find clues and make magic to piece together John Wilton's diary and find the truth behind the mystery. Lost and forgotten for over 50 years unlock the secrets to this hidden gem, maybe one day you will be able to visit and see for yourself!
Description: Have you got the makings of a head of operations? Command fire brigades, rescue services and police forces in a rescue strategy game with realistic HD graphics! Fight against fires, save lives and eliminate terrorists – in 13 elaborate missions!
Sci-Fi Heroes
Description: Become your favorite Sci-Fi hero. Far in the future… or the past… it doesn't really matter. The point is play as space marines, techomancers, sentient robot beings, and more. Face insurmountable odds and take control of these brave Sci-Fi underdogs to help restore peace and kick some serious evil Space Horde butt.
Crumble Zone
Description: Crumble Zone is an action-packed arcade game about a little, green alien who works hard just to fight for his tiny planet. The thing is to shoot down asteroids while rotating around a planet to get the highest score possible. Crash comets! Blow up meteoroids! Shatter and smash menacing asteroids with powerful weapons!
Oil Rush
Description: Oil Rush is a 3D naval strategy game that takes place in a world where nuclear war has melted the ice caps, changing the face of the planet forever. It features unique gameplay focused on group control and global-scale decisions. Plan several steps ahead, as every single swipe counts. Get ready to command a naval war between furious armies striving for the last remaining supplies of oil. Smash through onrushing waves of enemies while experiencing a thrilling story of apocalypse, military technology, and never-ending battles!
The Conduit HD
Description: The Conduit HD is an award-winning First Person Shooter brought to touchscreen devices for the first time, offering state of the art graphics, innovative controls and unique weapons to bring to bear against hordes of deadly foes! As Washington D.C. is embroiled in chaos, Secret Service agent Michael Ford finds himself recruited by a mysterious organization known as The Trust, and is quickly caught up in a national crisis, an alien invasion and a web of conspiracies that date back hundreds of years.


text:
 VIEW: Road Warrior April 24, 2009
The Blade s Road Warrior advises readers each Friday where the biggest driving
headaches will be throughout the construction season. He ll tell you the locations to avoid and the detours to take.
Guidelines: Please keep your comments smart and civil. Don't attack other readers personally, and keep your language decent. Comments that violate these standards, or our privacy statement or visitor's agreement, are subject to being removed and commenters are subject to being banned. To post comments, you must be a registered user on toledoblade.com. To find out more, please visit the FAQ.


text:
I've been writing about the cuts to SNAP (food stamp program) due to the end of the "stimulus" funds that added some extra money to the program. We often hear hunger described as "food insecurity". This term makes it sound like a psychological condition rather than the terrible reality that many people in our City are hungry because they are too poor to buy enough food. It reminds me of how the US military refers to soldiers killed in war as "troops". It desensitizes us to death. The term "food insecurity" similarly desensitizes us to the reality that our poor and low-income neighbors are hungry.
Between January 2013 and October 2013 our Food Pantry distributed 6,894 grocery bags containing 20, 683 meals. Need increased by 10% in that period. 340 children and 1,324 elderly were among those served. The monthly cost of the grocery bags is over $8,000.
What does a food pantry have to do with HIV/AIDS? Proper nutrition is a critical element of HIV/AIDS care. Many medications have to be taken with food. Sufficient food is also critical to the success of "Test and Treat" and the other new prevention and care interventions. Our National HIV/AIDS Strategy calls for improved health outcomes. How will this be achieved if people living with HIV/AIDS and those at high risk cannot get housing and food, the basics of life?
One day a week the Bailey House Food Pantry distribution is limited to our clients. It's open two other days to the community. If you want to see the face of hunger in NYC, come by our office any Friday at 1PM. We promise you'll go away with a better appreciation of the tragedy of hunger.
Comments Off on Our neighbors are hungry: The cuts to SNAP


text:
View a list of UPMC's Best Doctors as recognized in Pittsburgh Magazine.
Whether you are exploring cosmetic surgery procedures or looking for advanced reconstruction surgery after trauma or cancer, the UPMC Department of Plastic Surgery offers a breadth of comprehensive surgical services to help meet your needs.
Our specialized programs, across a variety of locations in western Pennsylvania, are backed by one of the largest academic plastic surgery departments in the country. For more than 70 years, through research and clinical trials, our team has pioneered cutting-edge techniques to improve our patients' quality of life. From the nation's first double-hand transplant, to the internationally recognized Life After Weight Loss program that pairs body contouring surgery with lifestyle coaching, our department is consistently on the front lines of advancements in plastic and reconstructive surgery.
Our department also is one of the region's leading centers in restorative medicine. The Center for Innovation in Restorative Medicine utilizes regenerative techniques based on cellular therapy and tissue engineering to help patients who face amputation or disfigurement—including women seeking breast reconstruction after mastectomies, burn survivors, and injured war veterans.
Our board-certified surgeons are nationally and internationally recognized for excellence in plastic surgery. Many of our surgeons have lectured on plastic surgery at institutions around the globe and published several books on complex plastic surgery procedures.
Learn more about the department's educational and research commitments.
For more information or to schedule an appointment please call 1-877-639-9688 (8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST). Or complete our online contact form and a department representative will contact you within one business day.
Affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences
| Supplemental content provided by Healthwise, Incorporated. To learn more, visit www.healthwise.org
For help in finding a doctor or health service that suits your needs, call the UPMC Referral Service at 412-647-UPMC (8762) or 1-800-533-UPMC (8762). Select option 1.
UPMC is an equal opportunity employer. UPMC policy prohibits discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, sex, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected group status. Further, UPMC will continue to support and promote equal employment opportunity, human dignity, and racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity. This policy applies to admissions, employment, and access to and treatment in UPMC programs and activities. This commitment is made by UPMC in accordance with federal, state, and/or local laws and regulations.
Medical information made available on UPMC.com is not intended to be used as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. You should not rely entirely on this information for your health care needs. Ask your own doctor or health care provider any specific medical questions that you have. Further, UPMC.com is not a tool to be used in the case of an emergency. If an emergency arises, you should seek appropriate emergency medical services.
Pittsburgh, PA, USA | UPMC.com


text:
BREMERTON, Wash. (AP) — Police in Bremerton, Washington, say a car fire and vandalism to a second vehicle appear to have targeted family friends of a teen arrested in the death of a 6-year-old girl.
Police Chief Steve Strachan says words left on the vandalized car early Thursday indicated the damage was linked to the killing of Jenise Wright, whose body was found Aug. 7. A 17-year-old neighbor of the little girl has been arrested for investigation of first-degree murder and rape in the case.
The Seattle Times reports (http://is.gd/uYAPDk) that Strachan says the victims of the apparent arson and vandalism are friends of Gabriel Gaeta's mother.
Missing Children


text:
You can read Human Kinetics e-books on desktop, laptop, and various mobile devices, as long as you have authorized the device or e-reader app to read e-books protected by Adobe's digital rights management (DRM).
Formats available: PDF, ePUB
Joe Luxbacher, PhD, has more than 30 years of experience playing
and coaching soccer at all levels. An expert in the fields of health,
fitness, and competitive athletics, he holds a doctorate in health and
physical and recreation education. A former professional and collegiate
soccer player, he has played in the North American Soccer League,
American Soccer League, and Major Indoor Soccer League. He currently
serves as the head men's soccer coach at the University of Pittsburgh, a
position he has held since 1984. His teams have won more than 200 games
at the Division I level.
Widely respected by soccer coaches and players alike, Luxbacher has
twice been named Big East Conference Soccer Coach of the Year. He has
also earned an A coaching license from the United States Soccer
Federation. Luxbacher was inducted into the Beadling Sports Club Hall of
Fame in 1995, the Upper St. Clair High School Athletic Hall of Fame in
2002, and the Western Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in 2005. He was
also honored in 2003 when he was selected as a University of Pittsburgh
Letterman of Distinction.
Luxbacher is the founder and director of coaching for Shoot to Score
Soccer Academy, an organization that offers educational camps, clinics,
and tournaments to players ages 7 to 18. Hundreds of young soccer
players participate in Shoot to Score programs each year. He has also
written and produced the DVD series Winning Soccer in association
with SportVideos.com.
Luxbacher, wife Gail, daughter Eliza, and son Travis live in Pittsburgh,
"Coach Luxbacher's Soccer: Steps to Success is a
comprehensive, easy-to-follow resource for coaches of all levels. This
book is a must-have!"
Chris Karwoski-- Assistant Men's Soccer Coach University of
"Using his vast knowledge of soccer, Joe has produced an excellent
book for both coaches and players."
Paul Halford-- Director of Coaching and Player Development PA
West Soccer Association
Get the latest news, special offers, and updates on authors and products. SIGN UP NOW!
About Our Products
Book Excerpts
News and Articles
About Us
Career Opportunities
Business to Business
Author Center
HK Today Newsletter
Exam/Desk Copies
Language rights translation
Association Management
Associate Program
Rights and Permissions
Certifying Organizations
Continuing Education Policies
Connect with Us
Terms & Conditions
Privacy Policy
Safe Harbor


text:
Inventory Associate (part-time)
Would you enjoy a job that has you working outside more than in? As a part-time Inventory Associate, you can enjoy a casual work environment in a team oriented, fast paced environment with a flexible work schedule to fit your busy life!
Inventory Associate responsibilities include computerized tracking of inventory, receiving, staging and prepping inventory, quality control checks and facility and ground maintenance.
Experience in a fast paced environment as well as previous inventory tracking responsibilities are a plus. Applicants must be open to work some nights and weekends as well as in all types of weather. If you are a motivated self starter who likes to stay busy and would enjoy a team atmosphere, you may be right for this position.
Meet Some of CarMax's Employees
IT Manager, Online Platform
As the IT Manager, Eddy oversees the team that builds the platform which runs everything users interact with on the CarMax website and the CarMax apps.
Back to top


text:
Music, books and movies make great Valentine's Day gifts. Here are our top romantic picks.
Our Top 15 Romantic MoviesAn Affair to RememberBreakfast at Tiffany'sBridges of Madison CountyCasablancaCity of AngelsGhostGone With the WindLast of the MohicansLove, ActuallyLove StoryRomeo and JulietSleepless in SeattleSabrinaThe Princess BrideWhen Harry Met Sally- More romantic movie suggestions
Our Top 10 Romantic StoriesPride & Prejudice by Jane AustenGone With the Wind by Margaret MitchellRomeo & Juliet by William ShakespeareFarewell to Arms by Ernest HemingwayGreat Expectations by Charles DickensLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottDon Quixote by Miguel de CervantesWuthering Heights by Emily BronteMy Antonia by Willa CatherAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy- More romantic book suggestions
Our Top 15 Romantic SongsBreathe - Faith HillCan't Help Falling in Love With You - Elvis PresleyEndless Love - Lionel RichieFrom This Moment On - Shania Twain and Bryan WhiteHave I Told You Lately - Rod StewartHave You Ever Really Loved A Woman - Bryan AdamsI will always love you - Whitney HoustonIn My Life - The BeatlesNo One-Alicia KeysNothing Compares to You-Sinead O'ConnorTake My Breath Away - Berlin You Are So Beautiful - Joe CockerUnchained Melody - Righteous BrothersUnforgettable - Nat King ColeWoman - John Lennon- More romantic song suggestions
1100 Banyan Blvd.
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
FCC Public File
EEO Report
Closed Captioning


text:
Embrace a healthier lifestyle and gain control of your commute, while saving money on tax and national insuranceSHOP NOW
Protect yourself, your bike & accessories, we can help you with three transparent insurance policies packed with extensive benefits.GET A QUOTE
We've created Wiggle legal to assist you back on your bike as fast as possible should an accident happen!RAISE A CLAIM
This Assos Women's T.laalaLai_s7 Shorts is no longer available although you may find similar or newer versions below:
These are the perfect shorts for the female rider who demands the most from her apparel. With an all-new insert, a cut that improves comfort, new clasp, and enhanced bibs and back, these T.laalaLai_s7 bib shorts are a game changer for women cyclists.
Cycle shorts offer unrestricted movement on the bike with the added benefit of a chamois for comfort. They are the traditional cycling leg wear for any distance rider. Lycra shorts hold their internal pad in the ideal position throughout the ride, offering comfort and cushioning for both on and off road riding. Lycra shorts stretch with your body so there are no seams to rub you up the wrong way or restrict your pedalling motion. They are lightweight in material and since there is only one layer of thin fabric, they breathe well and keep you cool on hot days, or can be used under a pair of winter tights. Higher end models will have more panels and will generally fit better, a good pair of shorts is essential for longer rides and combined with a chamois crème make a wise investment.
Assos are one of the world's pioneers and specialists in producing high quality cycling clothes and accessories. They are located in a region of Switzerland that has maintained a long standing tradition in first class textile engineering. In the 1970's, Toni Maier-Moussa, founder and chairman of Assos accidently invented lycra cycling clothing, whilst trying to create the ultimate bicycle. During the wind tunnel tests of the first ever carbon-fibre bike, Toni inadvertently found that lycra downhill ski racing suits had much less drag than the woolen-knitted cycling clothes of the time. To this day Assos firmly believe in total product competence, delivering optimum function and comfort, by researching and making its cycling clothing and accessories from the very best materials.
|Assos Womens Legwear
|X Small
|Extra Large
|A. Hips
|Assos Womens Legwear
|X Small
|Extra Large
|A. Hips
The delivery options available for shipping this product along with the contents of your basket to United Kingdom are:
Wiggle ships to over 100 countries. To see what delivery options are available for other destinations you can update your delivery destination via the International Options feature at the top right of the website.
Goods are shipped from the UK. Does not include delivery charges, local taxes or import duties, if applicable.
More information on International delivery options
We will happily refund any item purchased on Wiggle if returned to us within 365 days; excluding Wiggle gift vouchers, nutrition and customised products, except when faulty.
Please note: Bikes and other bulky items cannot be returned using our local returns service (where applicable). Please contact us and we can arrange to collect these from you using our discounted courier rates. There is a fee for all collections, except for faulty products.Returned goods must be unused and supplied with their original packaging, unless the goods are faulty. Wiggle will pay the return postage costs for any faulty items.
Only 4 products can be compared at once. Adding this product will remove the product you added to the list first.
Do you want to continue?


text:
State representatives and stakeholders from the Adriatic-Ionian Region met at a Side Event during the Rio+20 Conference to discuss past achievements and prospects for post-Rio interventions to promote sustainable and equitable economic growth in the region. Tomasz Pezold from the IUCN office in Belgrade presented IUCN's role in this process.
The event "Green Economy: Achievements & Perspectives in the Adriatic-Ionian Region" gathered together high-level representatives from Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, Greece, and Bosnia and Herzegovina who presented the main findings of national preparatory processes and resulting strategic documents. This was followed by a panel discussion on the state of affairs in the field of the green economy, projected developments, and planned activities. High-level participants included Jan Dusik, Executive Director, UNEP Regional Office for Europe, Franc Bogovič, Minister of Agriculture and the Environment, Slovenia, and Oliver Dulić, Minister of Environment, Mining and Spatial Planning, Serbia.
Tomasz Pezold, Ecosystems Project Officer at IUCN Programme Office for South-Eastern Europe, gave a presentation on IUCN's work in the region. He highlighted people's dependency on nature and the ecosystem services it provides, and presented protected areas as green infrastructure which we should invest in. He also noticed that nature has to be at the heart of sustainable development (and the green economy), as without it, sustainable development cannot be achieved. His position was strengthened by Mr. Dulić who said that the Serbian government will work to foster regional cooperation and intends to cooperate with organizations such as UNEP, UNDP and IUCN to achieve that.
The meeting involving several representatives of the Adriatic-Ionian Region acted as a forum for promoting sub-regional cooperation and affirmation of the current environmental issues, sustainable development and green economy at the state level. As such it was an important step in strengthening cooperation for meeting the challenges of transitioning to green economy and improving sustainable development governance and it conitrbuted to harmonizing the positions of the countries in the region for the negotiations. The cooperation in this region, as presented in the event, could be used as model to be replicated in other regions of the world.
On regional cooperation, and in particular transboundary cooperation in Africa, South Eastern Europe and Mesoamerica, IUCN co-organized another side event during Rio+20. Read more here.


text:
The ARM CoreLink™ DMC-400 implements advanced memory scheduling to deliver an industry-leading memory utilization efficiency in excess of 90 percent across multiple memory channels, interfacing through a DFI 2.1 compliant PHY to DDR2, DDR3 or LPDDR2 DRAM products. The CoreLink DMC-400 is the first memory controller designed to integrate with the AMBA® 4 ACE™ or AMBA3 AXI3™ interfaces, sharing a system-wide QoS that guarantees bandwidth and latency contracts from processor through to external memory.
The Artisan PHY hard macro is a high-speed physical interface covering a broad range of DDR (double-data rate) applications ranging from high-speed mission critical to low-power memory sub-systems. This robust silicon-proven (40nm) solution has been optimized for high data bandwidth, lowest power and enhanced signal integrity features to enable support for a wide range of applications from high-end graphics, high-speed communications to low-power handheld. Incorporating a multi row pad architecture for the smallest footprint, the PHY supports flip chip and wirebond package options at 40nm.
Working with its Partners and as an active member of the JEDEC committee, ARM has ensured that its DMC microarchitecture is also fully scalable to future memory standards such as LPDDR3, Wide-IO, and DDR4.
Webinar: ARM will be hosting a free live webinar entitled 'Maximising off-chip memory performance, the great CPU and GPU balancing act' on Tuesday May 10th. To register go to http://seminar2.techonline.com/registration/distrib.cgi?s=1744&d=3938
Who: ARM designs the technology that lies at the heart of advanced digital products, from wireless, networking and consumer entertainment solutions to imaging, automotive, security and storage devices. ARM's comprehensive product offering includes 32-bit RISC microprocessors, graphics processors, video engines, enabling software, cell libraries, embedded memories, high-speed connectivity products, peripherals and development tools. Combined with comprehensive design services, training, support and maintenance, and the company's broad Partner community, they provide a total system solution that offers a fast, reliable path to market for leading electronics companies. Find out more about ARM by following these links:
ARM, AMBA and Artisan are registered trademarks of ARM Limited. Cortex, CoreLink, ACE, AXI, MPCore are trademarks of ARM Limited. All other brands or product names are the property of their respective holders. "ARM" is used to represent ARM Holdings plc; its operating company ARM Limited; and the regional subsidiaries ARM Inc.; ARM KK; ARM Korea Limited.; ARM Taiwan Limited; ARM France SAS; ARM Consulting (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.; ARM Belgium Services BVBA; ARM Germany GmbH; ARM Embedded Technologies Pvt. Ltd.; ARM Norway, AS and ARM Sweden AB
Press Contacts:
Alan Tringham
+44 (0)1223 400947
Andy Phillips
+44 (0)1223 400930


text:
Glee star Lea Michele is reportedly dating again after meeting a new man on the set of one of her music videos.
Michele was left heartbroken when her real life boyfriend and Glee co-star Cory Monteith passed away in July (13).
Editors at TMZ.com now report Michele has been dating new love interest Matthew Paetz, who describes himself as a lifestyle and dating coach, for several months after the pair met while shooting the promo video for the singer's track On My Way.


text:
Bardot Mimics Depardieu in Threat of Russian Exile
PARIS—First Gérard Depardieu, now Brigitte Bardot.
The French film legend threatened Friday to apply for Russian citizenship, one day after President Vladimir Putin granted the status to her fellow actor. But unlike Mr. Depardieu, who is embroiled in a bitter fight with the French government over high taxes on the rich, Ms. Bardot's threat to leave the country is motivated by an effort to save two elephants.


text:
Currency Displayed in
Thousands of people from around the world have been able to visit us at our Aurora, Colorado offices and manufacturing facility. If you haven't, now you can via our "Welcome to Univair" video. See where, how and who keeps the dream of Classic Aviation alive! This 16 minute video shows our facility, our massive presses, our craftsmen making parts, some of our customer's aircraft and much, much more.
All prices are in USD.


text:
The prostate gland produces the fluid (semen) that carries sperm during ejaculation. The gland surrounds the urethra, the tube through which urine passes out of the body. An enlarged prostate — found in most all men as they age — can restrict the bladder passage and result in bothersome urinary symptoms such as dribbling and difficulty emptying the bladder.
Because the urine passage is being squeezed, the bladder must work harder to empty. It is important to know that an enlarged prostate, known as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), is not cancer and does not raise the risk of cancer.
Treatment for BPH is based on the severity of symptoms and whether they affect daily life. Not all men have symptoms — and not all require treatment. The key to a decision about treatment is whether the man is bothered by symptoms such as frequency of urination. For example, getting up twice a night to urinate may be intolerable for one man because of sleep interruptions. Another man — who falls back to sleep easily — may be OK with getting up four times.
Only a small proportion of men with enlarged prostates require treatment. Often, the most bothersome symptom is related to urgency — because fear of leaking can be just as bothersome as leaking. To gauge the need for treatment, men may be asked to answer a questionnaire about these symptoms:
Out of 100 men with symptoms, about 55 will get worse with time, 30 will remain stable and 15 will improve. Improvement may occur during the summer months, for example, when we tend to sweat more and not produce as much urine.
The diagnosis of prostate enlargement and related symptoms can involve a simple physical examination, or can include testing such as an ultrasound, a test to measure flow rate and leftover urine (PVR), a cystoscopy (looking inside the bladder with a scope), a blood test to measure prostate-specific antigen (PSA), and urodynamics (a test that measures bladder pressure and uses x-ray to see how the bladder is working.)
There are many options for men who want to prevent or treat bothersome symptoms.
Learn more about urology services at Wake Forest Baptist Health.
New Patients 336-716-WAKEOr Toll Free 888-716-WAKECurrent Patients 336-716-4131
Learn more about the urology treatment options available for urinary incontinence in both men and women from Wake Forest Baptist in Winston-Salem, NC.
Disclaimer: The information on this website is for general informational purposes only and SHOULD NOT be relied upon as a substitute for sound professional medical advice, evaluation or care from your physician or other qualified health care provider.


text:
Humans That Think: A Future Trialogue
We can expect, then, a conference such as this in fifty years ( a hundred years, no need to frame it precisely) to feature as its centerpiece a panel discussion among computers on the fascinating topic of whether humans can really be said to think. Picture three computers, named for no particular reason, Edward, Marvin and Seymour, debating before a learned group such as yourselves.
Full Text:PDF
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1609/aimag.v4i3.402
Copyright © 2018, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (www.aaai.org). All rights reserved.


text:
Enlarge / Alternate Images
Laminated Foot Reflexology Chart
This card is a great tool for memorizing all of the reflexology points in the human foot. Massaging in a gentle circular stroke or direct pressure on the certain areas of the foot, which are illustrated on the card, will break up crystal-like deposits around the reflexology points. This promotes optimal organ function, relaxation of the body and a state of well being.


text:
Oak Hill Cemetery
Newnan, GA 30263
770-254-2627 | 800-826-9382
Oak Hill Cemetery is the final resting place of soldiers who did not survive the Civil War. During 1863 and 1864, 269 Confederate soldiers were buried here, and a section of the cemetery honors these soldiers. Due to the efficiency of the local hospitals, only two men are unknown. Every state in the confederacy is represented in these burials. Also are graves of Revolutionary War soldiers and the two governors Ellis Arnall and William Atkinson. A walking guide tour brochures is available for this historic cemetery.
Info & Amenities
Hours of Operation
Sunday: All Day
Monday: All Day
Tuesday: All Day
Wednesday: All Day
Thursday: All Day
Friday: All Day
Saturday: All Day
Facility Amenities
Free Parking
Maps & Brochures Available
Parking on Site
Self-guided Tours
General Information
Free Admission
Open Year 'Round
Group Amenities
Near Interstate Highway
Special Tags
Civil War Site
Suitable for Ages
All Ages


text:
Following Monday night's presidential debate, Fox News' Sean Hannity, like many conservative pundits, seemed disappointed that Mitt Romney didn't attack President Barack Obama over the issue of the terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya on Sept. 11 of this year.
"I thought that would have been a big point of the debate tonight. I think a lot of people did," said Hannity, who figured using a sensitive national security crisis that claimed the lives of four Americans would have made political sense Monday night. "And really, the president seems to have gotten a pass once again."
Hannity's eagerness over the last six weeks to help politicize the Benghazi attack stands in stark contrast to his never-ending crusade during the Bush administration to call out Democrats for allegedly "politicizing" national security by questioning the intelligence failures behind the terrorist attacks of 9/11, or by demanding answers about the wars Bush led America into. (Note: Legitimate fact-finding into epic intelligence failures like 9/11 and the Iraq War did not "politicize" the war on terror.)
"The thing I'm most angry about in this country right now is liberals that have politicized this, our national security," Hannity announced on May 18, 2004. The politicization of national security was "unimaginable" in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, Hannity complained.
It was Hannity who tried to lay down the post-9/11 ground rules: National security was emphatically off-limits to presidential critics.
"Your leaders of your party have politicized our country's national security and you guys ought to be ashamed of yourself." Hannity scolded Democratic Party chairman Terry McAuliffe in March, 2004. "We are at war and your party has politicized the war, and your party has said false things about the president. Your party calls the president a liar every day."
Fast forward to a Democratic administration and Hannity, with his Fox News show, has perhaps done more than any other member of the American media to completely and unequivocally politicize of national security, and specifically Benghazi:
HANNITY: We are witnessing a widespread cover-up based on flat-out lies, all aimed to protect a president who happens to be running for re-election.
Whereas Hannity once bemoaned efforts by partisans to play politics with the war on terror (out of bounds!), Hannity this week bemoaned the fact the Republican presidential candidate declined to play politics with terrorism.
Today, Hannity's often hysterical allegations about a supposed Benghazi cover up revolve around pure politics and have nothing to do with trying to improve national security or intelligence. Hannity is using false claims about Benghazi to beat Obama over the head rhetorically, and he's doing for political reasons. Or, Hannity's doing exactly what he preached against between the years 2001 to 2008.
The wholesale flip-flop from Hannity, and from the whole Fox News team, has been remarkable to watch.
To suggest the Fox host was relentless in his contempt for anyone who "politicized" intelligence or national security during the Bush years is an understatement. From the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to intelligence failures and the creation of the 9/11 commission, everywhere he looked Hannity saw contemptible Democrats trying to undercut Bush and score political points via the war on terror.
Worse, the alleged Democratic cheap shots always arrived at the very moments Bush was "trying to bring the nation together," according to Hannity. "And that's sad after 9/11."
Objecting to Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN) in June 2002, Hannity complained how "outrageous" it was that the entire intelligence process in the wake of the 9/11 attacks had "already been politicized." Hannity had deep fears it was "going to be further politicized."
Interviewing Dr. Henry Kissinger in 2004, Hannity wondered if the former diplomat was as "amazed" at how Democrats had "so politicized our nation's national security," and how "all they want to do every day when they wake up in the morning is blame George W. Bush for something."
And during the presidential campaign that year, Hannity was sure Sen. John Kerry had "politicized our national security." How did Kerry do that? By criticizing Bush's handling of the Iraq War. ("Disgraceful," the talker lamented.)
On and on it went for nearly eight years:
• "Are Democrats playing a dangerous game by politicizing national security?" [June 3, 2003]
• "Well, Colonel Oliver North, he'll be here to tell us why the Democrats want to politicize the war on terror at any cost." [November 10, 2003]
• "These guys, these Democrats are politicizing national defense." [February. 4, 2004]
• "It is despicable that they have politicized our country's national security." [March 22, 2004]
• "These guys have so politicized the issue of 9/11 and our security." [March 31, 2004]
• "Many of them -- I'll even go a step further -- have undermined the president while he's at war, they've called him a liar." [February 6, 2006]
Even bipartisan, fact-finding missions were denounced by Hannity. In April 2004, he announced that the 9/11 commission, created to address how the government dealt with pre-9/11 terror warnings, had "been politicized." Days later he doubled down: "I don't have any faith in this commission. I think it's become politicized. I think it's a farce."
In January 2007, Hannity lamented the fact that "if America were united" and national security "were not politicized," there was nothing the country couldn't accomplish. Now, of course, with Barack Obama as president, Hannity views unity as a defeat.
Instead, Hannity's relentlessness for condemning the politicization of national security has been replaced by his desire to promote the politicization of national security issues. Hannity has attempted to politicize the Benghazi story and make it more damning via misinformation; to attack Obama in a purely partisan way by using the war on terror, attacks on Americans, and national security as the blunt instruments of campaign warfare.
Earlier this month while dreaming up wild Benghazi conspiracies, in which Obama knew instantly all the details of the chaotic assault half-a-world away and then hid the truth from Americans, Hannity was very specific about his big picture focus: partisan politics and what kind of toll the story was taking on Obama. "Where does this go," he asked his guest Michelle Malkin. "How does this play politically for them?"
This was part of Malkin's response:
What you've got here is a den of lying liars and craft weasels who are all behind the scenes, trying to figure out who to hang out to dry.
Malkin's name-calling claim echoed allegations of a political cover up Hannity had made days before: "I believe that they purposely lied. And the evidence seems incontrovertible to me."
But remember, when Bush was president Hannity was aghast when, he claimed, Democrats politicized national security. He also hated it when people called the president a liar.
Crossposted on County Fair, a Media Matters for America blog.